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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

eight [eɪt]
  1. 1. num 八
  2. 2. num see also five

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

eight [et] [eɪt]
  1. 1. adjective 八的
    This basket has eight fruits.
    篮子里有八种水果。
  2. 2. noun 八；8；VIII
    We've got eight people coming to dinner.
    会有八个人来我们这儿吃饭。
    Six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
    六，七，八，九，十。
    My grandfather still has a lot of seventy-eight records.
    我爷爷现在还有很多78转唱片。
  3. 3. noun 八个（人或物）一组（如八划手的划船队）
    The Group of Eight's meeting will be next year in Tokyo.
    明年的八国首脑会议将于东京举行。
  4. 4. noun 数目为八（或有八点）的东西，如方块八点的纸牌
    I have never seen before original pieces of eight.
    我以前从没见过八个瑞尔的西班牙古银币。
  5. 5. noun 八汽缸发动机（或汽车）
  6. 6. noun 8字形物，如8字形溜冰花样
    She skated a perfect figure of eight.
    她的8字花式溜冰动作堪称完美。

Collins English-English Dictionary

eight [eɪt]
  1. 1. n the cardinal number that is the sum of one and seven and the product of two and four - See also number
  2. 2. n eight o'clock eight hours after noon or midnight
  3. 3. n a numeral, 8, VIII, etc, representing this number
  4. 4. n [music] the numeral 8 used as the lower figure in a time signature to indicate that the beat is measured in quavers
  5. 5. n the amount or quantity that is one greater than seven
  6. 6. n something representing, represented by, or consisting of eight units, such as a playing card with eight symbols on it
  7. 7. n [rowing] a racing shell propelled by eight oarsmen
  8. 8. n the crew of such a shell
  9. 9. n See figure of eight
  10. 10. determiner amounting to eight
  11. 11. determiner (as pronoun)
    I could only find eight
  12. 12. determiner [Etymology] Old English eahta; related to Old High German ahto, Old Norse atta, Old Irish ocht, Latin octo, Greek okto, Sanskrit astau
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Examples

eight feet deep
深8英尺 → deep
Ten minus two leaves eight.
十减二得八。 → leave
The temperature is expected to drop to eight degrees below zero today.
今天的温度可能会降到零下八度。 → zero
The average price of gas is eight million dollars.
煤气的均价是八百万美元。 → average
He worked for eight hours without stop.
他连续工作了八个小时。 → stop
The official poll has him eight points ahead.
在官方投票中，他以8个百分点的优势领先。 → point
The temperature can rise up to thirty-eight degrees Celsius in summer.
夏季气温可能升到38摄氏度。 → Celsius
She is training from eight in the morning until noon.
她从早上八点一直训练到中午才结束。
The house sleeps eight people.
这间房能住八个人。 → sleep
We've got eight people coming to dinner.
会有八个人来我们这儿吃饭。 → eight
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